Tons of newborn threads out there but what about the mamas with the less than average sized newborn? With two babies under 6 & 7 lbs, a lot of newborn diapers just did not work on my girls. When you have a 6 pound baby, you deal with very scrawny legs and short rises a lot of the time. Leg gaping and cord stump rubbing were a big issue for us both times. And my girls kept their cord stumps for 3 weeks.

So what worked for you on your below 7 pound newborn(s)? I'm hoping to get together a helpful thread for mamas who specifically need to know what works and what does not when you don't have that average 7-8 pounder.

No, this is not a hint that we are expecting if your mind is headed there ;)

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hilaryisinked

02-27-2013 07:47 AM

DD1 born 6 lb 10 oz, home at 5 lb 14 oz
Had a very limited stash & knowledge of CD
Worked-
Tiny gDiapers although they left gigantic, deep red marks in her scrawny little legs. They fit under her cord and were trim stuffed with a preemie prefold.

Didn't work-
Happy Heinys Mini. Gaped so much poop just flew out of the side and rubbed her cord.

Barely worked-
Nana's Bottoms AIO NB, just barely rubbed the cord
GroVia NB AIO, leg gaping but fit them well by 7.5-8 lb which she reached before 2 weeks old

Didn't work-
Fluffy's XS covers
Sandy's XS

AZmommy

02-27-2013 09:12 AM

Re: Diapering a small newborn

DD #1 born 6lbs even 18 inches I had a huge stash of gerbers for her (flats prefolds covers ect... EVERYTHING was huge I could not fold the flats down enough or rather when I did the material around the legs and tummy was thicker than she was. forget the prefolds and her whole body fit through one legs on the nb sized covers.. I didn't know their was other cloth choices so we did disposables (also really big) till around her 3-4th month..

DD#2 born 5lbs 7oz 18.25 inches long
we had a good mix of stuff to try including some popular NB choices such as Kissaluv 0, bumgenius NB, softbums, nanabottoms, and various prefolds as well as several cover choices thirsties Bummi proraps flips etc... most were way too big

did not work
FBs
little beetles fitteds--to big at 1st worked later
infant sized pfs

DD 6'13 went to 6

Worked
FLATS!!!!! Loved them no bulk
orange edge pfs but they seemed so bulky compared to flats
bsww nb covers
xs thirsties
thirsties duo size 1
xs sbish (used at night or day coverless)
snickerfritz nb (used at night or day coverless)

For nb due in April no idea size but my babies get smaller and smaller

I will use
Flats
thirsties xs and duo size 1
emotibums fleece nb and sm
swaddlebees nb aios
Hopefully orange edge pfs--I lent mine out and have not get them back yet.

abunchoflemons

02-27-2013 09:34 AM

Re: Diapering a small newborn

8 to9 were ok for my baby were fbos 8 snaps.

lynn97

02-27-2013 09:49 AM

Great thread!

DS was 7 lbs 5 oz and 21 inches long when he was born. He was jut under 7 lbs when he came home.

Worked:
DR nb pfs (bulky but they worked)
Nb Proraps

Didn't work/too big:
Thirsties xs (I'm intrigued that these worked well for so many mamas because they swallowed my little guy for a long time unless we used them with fitteds...they were way too big for use with pfs)
BG xs AIOs
KS0s
Bummis Super Whisper Wraps

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Hungry Caterpillar

02-27-2013 09:55 AM

Re: Diapering a small newborn

DS born 7lbs 7oz went down more than a pound before we left the hospital, close to 6 lbs.

Didn't work:
BG XS
Fuzzi Bunz XS
Infant prefolds
All one size diapers
ProWraps because there was no cross over tab
Bummis SWW was too big too, only the super Brite worked
Tiny Gs ... Even at 6lbs DS got wicked red marks and the design is just illogical
Bambino Mio cover in NB size was huge, but when he grew into it it was really nice

Next time, if there is a next time, I will do 24 LaDiDa fitteds instead of 12, we were always running out of them, they were awesome!